Change-speed gear



Jan. 29, 1929.

G FRIES CHANGE SPEED GEAR Filed Feb. 4, 1925 [7 5 .17 .zy.

T by -means of a" clutch device.

Patented Jan. 29, 1929.

' GUSTAVE'FRIES, OF TH AON, sermon.

CHANGE-SPEED GEAR.

Application filed February 4, 1925 Serial No. 6,866, and in Belgium February 8, 1924.

My invention relates to a change speed gear designed to ensure progressively and graduallythe speed variatlons 111 a driving gear. v

lThe change speed gear according to the present invention comprises a driving shaft carrying upon its end a pinion engaging w th any number ofsatellite wheels, three for 111- stance loose upon axes carried upon a feed plate mounted upon the receiving shaft which is itself mounted on the same axis as the driving shaft; opposite the satellite wheels are fixed crank pins acting as crank shafts upon rings movable upon an eccentric with varying eccentricity through whlch the driving shaft passes freely but, which is 1ndependent of its movement and-is fixed in? space. Each crank pin canbe connected to the corresponding satellite wheel during a part of the revolution of the driving shaft This system allowsfby a constant speed of the driving shaft, of producing a Whole series of differ-- ent speeds of the transmitting receiving shaft. r

The appended drawing shows by way of R example a mode of construction of the nven tion; a

' Fig. 1 'is'a side view of a device in which the connection-of the crank pins of the eccentric strap is made by means of clutch cones I m V Fig. 2 is a front view of same. I Figs. 3, 4 and 5 show three positions taken by the eccentric. a w I Figs. 6, 7 and 8 aretheoretloal diagrams designed to illustrat'e'the motion produced by the present device.

The change-speed gear constructed accord 'ing to the present invention comprises a driving shaft 0; upon the end of whlch 1s keyed apinion I); this shaft a passes freely through an eccentric having a varying eccentr city which consequently is independent of same and immovable in space;

' The eccentric is stationary and consists of a part c'thro'ugh which passes the driving shaftand of asecond part a which maybe 'adjustably operated by any desired means,

and around which partfc is placed an e0 centr'ic strap c? carrying the crank pins controlling "the satellite'wheels as will be hereafter explained; The inner-and outerfprofilesiof the two parts '0, 0 are eccentric circumferences and the eccentricity is determined by the router profile of part a relatively to the axis of'the drivingshafta.x

In the axis of the driving shaft (1 is mounted a receiving or driven shaft d upon the end of which is keyed a plate '6 carrying theaxes f of certain number of satellitewheels g,

g 9 three in the-present case. i In this mode of execution the face of the satellite wheels opposite'to plate 'e'is made hollow in order to form recesses for the reception of clutch cones h actuated'byarms 2" actedaupon' by I appropriate faces of a cam j secured to and moving with the driving shaft a to push. successively a cone lain the recess of asatellite I wheel at each thirdiof the'revol'ution' of plate 6, both: the other satellite wheelsbeing free The outermovable ring. or strap a of the eccentric "carries crank pins k formingc'rank shafts passing through "openings? in the clutch cones It, so thatevery crankpin may, be rendered integral; with its satellite wheel when the corresponding; cone is engaged therein.; The inode'of operation isas follows: The continuous circular motion-impartedto the sow 7 driving shaft a is transmitted by meansof a r pinion Z) to the satellite wheels g, g 9. one. only of the latter, the wheel 9 for instance as shown in Fig. 1, being connected with the eci centric strap'c by the-correspondn'ig cone bemg engaged 1n sa d wheel 9.. The engagement of this conewith the satellite gearhas been made by one of the arms 2' and the cone oscillated by. the action of a face of the cam quently the speed of i'otationofthe plate cf and driven shaft-dis less. than the speed'ofrotation of driving shaft a. The ro'tation'of the satellite 9 about itsfo wn axis varies their i o I05 with the eccentricity of c and consequently the rotation of the system e-cZ also varies with the eccentricity. This motion of the driving shaft is dividedin two parts a circular motion or rotation-of thesatelli'te wheelv g on its axis and a circularmotion or revov j that turns with the shaft (4. While'the sat? lows lution of all the axes of the satellite wheels carried by. plate eon its center (Z ;the satellite wheels 9 g rota-ting loosely-on their aXes. The circular motion or revolution of the satellite 9 is limited by the corresponding crank pin moving with the strap 0 upon the outer periphery ofeccentric 0 it varies with the value of eccentricity and consequently the circular revolving, motion of, the plate 6 varies also with said value of eccentricity. When the satellite wheel 9 isout of action owing. to. itsv cone being disengaged,

the satellite wheel 9 is actuated and. so on.

Although the operation of the present device. has been described in View of the employment of clutch cones for temporarily connecting the. crank pins to their corre spon'ding satellite wheel, 1t 1s evldent that 7 other appropriate means could beused. without departing. fromthe. principle of the invention.

According to principlesof. motion produced may be. explained as.- fol- Supposing that the pinion bhaving. O for its center revolves at a. constant angularspeed w. Supposing that asatellite wheel 9 engage ing. with b. and having 0- as its center is connected. to. O by a straight line ()0 having. a. constant. length. The graph of; the points 0 will. be a circumferencehaving a radius 00. I i

Supposing E fiXed in space as being a center of eccentricity for a value of eccentricity OE.- (constant for every speed ratio).

SupposingM. a point. of. satellite 9 distant from MO and connectedto E by the straight line MEI, said lengths being constant.

The graph of-thepoints M willbea circumference having a radius ME. Y 00 form a quadrilateralfigure hav ing fixed baseOE with sides which remain equal andvarying angles.

Considering a position such that O and M at M and considering on the other part that b and g; revolve withoutsliding, the value Q which is the angular speed of O0 revolving on O relatively to a may be. graphically determined, it will give a curveasshown 1n Flg. 7.

The time is plotted as abscissa and the,

number of turns per second or angular velOCltY nordmates, taking w=l a periodical curve of'Q will be obtained. Foreach halfperiod thespeed willbe greater than a: and

for the other half period Q will be smaller than a. The construction maybe arranged so that the curve is considerably flattened in this half period. Taking a satellites displaced by i there willbe obtained asuccession of curves kinematics the.

O at

Will'be seen that the whole system revolves.

on O at the same angular speed, the mechanical efficiency is great and may be compared to the through driveofan automobile driving gear.

Having now described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed; I declare that what I claim is 1. i i-progressive change speed gear comprising: a driving shaft, a pinion secured-to and carried upon the end of. same, satellite wheels in gear with said pinion, a driven plate carrying the satellite wheels, a receiving shaft upon which the driven plate is keyed, a stationary eccentric the eccentricity of which may be ar a movablekstlep m ried by said eccentric; crank pins upon said.

strap-and means to temporarily and succe 'ssively operatively connect the crank pins with the satellite wheels placed opposite each of them. 7

I 2. A progressive change speed gear comprising: a driving shaft, a pinion seicuredto and carried upon' the end Ofsame, satellite wheels in gear with said pinion, a. driven plate carrying the satellites, a receiving shaft upon which the driven plate is keyed, a'. stationary eccentric, the eccentricity of which may be varied comprising-a circular first part out of centre with the driving shaft that passes through it and independent ofv the movement of the latter and a secondpart also of circular shape eccentric relatively. to

said first part, a movable strap carriedby the. second part, crank pins upon said strap, a cam secured to said driving shaft an dmeans actuated thereby to ,operatively connect temporarily and successively the crank pinswith their corresponding satellite wheels.

3. A progressiye change speed gear comprising a driving shaft, a pinion secured" to and carried. upon theend of same, satellite I wheels-in gear witlrsaid pinion, a'driven plate carrying the satellite wheels, a receiving shaft upon. which the driven plate is keyed, astationary eccentric ofwhich the:

eccentricity may be variedcomp rising a circular first part out of centrerelatively to the driving shaft that passes through it and independent of the movement of the latter, and a second part havingalso a circular shape and out of centre with the said first part, a-movable strap mounted upon said second part, crank pins carried by said strap; clutch 7 satellite Wheels, a cam fixed to the driving shaft actuating the oscillating arms in order to produce the engagement of the satellite wheelsone after the other in their corresponding clutch cone.

In testimony that my invention, I hav I claim the foregoing as e signed my name.

GUSTAVE FRIES. Y a 

